CTO Hospital is a major medical center in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

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. CTO stands for ''Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico'' or the Center for Orthopedic Trauma. It is one of the leading orthopedic hospitals in Italy, and services a majority of orthopedic trauma incidents occurring in the

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. The hospital also serves as a

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for local medical faculties, particularly the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

History

The hospital was founded in 1961.

2006 Winter Olympics

CTO served as one of the main orthopedic hospitals for athletes, team members, and spectators for the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

Capabilities

The hospital maintains a

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, allowing a fleet of public and private air ambulances to transport patients to and from the hospital. At any given time, the helipad is home to the Agusta-Bell AB 412 or other

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rotary craft.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cto+torino&aq=f YouTube videos of CTO Air Ambulance fleet

Notable treatments

CTO continues to specialize in the use of the

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for complex limb fractures. It is one of the leading hospitals in the world for the treatment of complex leg tibial-fibular fractures and other complex fractures, particularly those found in skiing accidents and mountaineering accidents.

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History

2006 Winter Olympics

Capabilities

Notable treatments

See also

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